coping with the heat

[miss ani]

was just wondering how the rest of you mummys are coping with the heat?

we had some pretty hot days in adelaide late last week. yesterday was 43 degrees, and i struggled to cope. i had to pick DP up from work at 4pm, we then dropped in to see his sister (who didn't have her aircon on!?) and then the supermarket, where i told DP we had to head home as i wasn't feeling well.
i had a nap for about an hour when we got home and woke up feeling a bit queasy. i thought i might be hungry, so ate a handful of cherries..... aaaand then, still feeling hot and irritable i... :barf:

cooler this evening... which nice. but i dread the rest of summer now!

[mum2bubba]

it was pretty hot here in Melbourne over the weekend (37 degrees on Saturday) and we don't have proper aircon (well we have it in the sun-room but I don't want to stay down there all day) I went for a walk to the shop (ten minutes) and seriosly thought I was going to pass out, the only thing I could do to keep cool was to drink plenty of water and have a cold shower. I am going to buy one of those portable fans soon.

[doin'mybest]

It's been really hot here too. It's pretty rare that we get a day below 40 - most days are 41 or 42 but we've had a couple of 45 days. Luckily we've got good air cond - an evap cooler and a split system, so i crank them up to the max, pull all the blinds and stay inside all day if i can! A few trips to the pool help too!